Attachment for privy-seats



No. 625,389. Y Patented May 23, I899.

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ATTACHMENT FDR PBIVY SEATS.

' (Application filed. Sept. 1, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN FISHER, OF MARSHALL, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDTVARD STEPHENSON, OF DOLSON, ILLINOIS.

ATTACHMENT FOR PRlVY-SEATS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 625,389, dated May 23, 1899.

Application filed September 1, 1898. Serial No. 689,978. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN FISHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marshall,

v in the county of Clark and State of Illinois,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Privy-Seats; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which forms part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of attachments for privy-seats which are provided for sanitary purposes; and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a detachable and portable seat which maybe placed upon any ordinary privyseat, and, second, to provide a seat which when used by a person will from its peculiar structure obviate the unsanitary and harmful contraction of the parts brought in contact with the seat, as occurs in the use of the ordinary privy-seats used heretofore, thereby lessening injurious pressure upon delicate organs and danger therefrom of causing constipation, piles, and other kindred troubles. I attain these objects by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which the figure is a perspective view of the attachment mounted upon an ordinary privy-seat.

Letters of reference refer to the various parts of the attachment in the drawing.

The letter Ct indicates an inclined seatboard, the central portion of which is cut away upon the rear end thereof for the purpose of providing a perforation l) and two legs 0 and c, as shown in the drawing and for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

The letter cl indicates a support constructed of wood or other suitable material, upon which the raised end of the seat-board (it rests and is firmly attached.

The letter e indicates a perpendicular backrest which is attached to and stands upon the two legs 0 and c. The back-rest e is curved slightly to conform with the curvature of that part of a persons back coming in contact seat in front of the perforation therein and the two legs 0 and c straddling and extending backward to a point behind the perforation and resting upon the privy-seat, as shown in the drawing The attachment is designed to support the weight of a person at or near the front edge thereof instead of upon the edges of the perforation in the seat, and the back-rest 6 further serves to prevent the body from sliding backward and downward upon the seatboard a.

The advantages of my invention over other similar contrivances used heretofore consist in the mechanical construction, which prevents the delicate organs of the person using the same from coming in contact Wit-h the edges of the perforation of the seat, thereby obviating the contraction and cramped condition of the parts such as occurs in the use of the ordinary privy-seat.

I am aware that privy-seats provided with perforations have long been in use, so make no broad claim upon such; but

What I do claim as new and useful in my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a detachable privy-seat attachment, the combination of an inclined and perforated seat-board a, provided with two legs 0 and c, with a support d, adapted to support the seatboard in an inclined position and a perpendicular and curved back-rest c, all substantially as described and shown and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NATHAN FISHER. Witnesses:

D. Ln GORE, J. M. COFFING. 

